As
we approach the celebration of Christ's birth, I am reminded of the
words of John Quincy Adams. On July 4, 1837, he spoke these words:

"Why
is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most
joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day? ... Is it not
that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly
linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event
in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration
of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation
of the Redeemer's mission upon earth. That it laid the cornerstone of
human government upon the first precepts of Christianity, and gave to
the world the first irrevocable pledge of the fulfillment of the prophecies
announced directly from Heaven at the birth of the Savior and predicted
by the greatest of the Hebrew prophets six hundred years before?"

Adams
was exactly right: America's birth is directly linked to the birth of
our Savior. In fact, the United States of America is the only nation
established by Christian people, upon Biblical principles, and dedicated
to the purpose of religious liberty. This truth is easily observed within
America's earliest history.

America's
forebears first established a written covenant with God as early as
November 11, 1620, when they penned The Mayflower Compact. It states
in part:

"In
the name of God, Amen. ... Having undertaken, for the Glory of God,
and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and
Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of
Virginia; do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence
of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into
a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and
Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof to enact, constitute,
and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions
and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient
for the General good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due submission
and obedience."

The
sentiments and statements of America's founders make it clear that this
nation has enjoyed a love and appreciation for the rights and freedoms
recognized in Natural Law that is unique in the annals of human history.
No other people have such a heritage.

One
thing America's founders could not envision was--after they had paid
so terrible a price to purchase our liberties--that the time would come
when their posterity would be denied the basic freedoms to publicly
express their reverence for God. Never could they have imagined that
the day would come when citizens of the sovereign states (each with
a state constitution protecting religious liberty) would be denied their
right to pray in school, or place Nativity scenes on public property,
or hang copies of the Ten Commandments on courthouse walls.

I
am also confident that America's founders would be completely repulsed
by the way the United States has jumped headlong into corporatism, socialism,
and globalism. Democrats and Republicans alike have created a central
government so large that it would be unrecognizable by any Founding
Father. In addition, both Big Business and Big Religion have sold our
great country down the proverbial river, as surely as there is a sun
in the sky. Truly, our Founding Fathers must be rolling over in their
graves.

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Therefore,
at this Christmas season, let us remember well the founding principles
of these United States of America. Furthermore, let us renew with vigor
the fight for freedom before our liberties and our heritage are gone
altogether.

Merry
Christmas!

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Chuck
Baldwin is Founder-Pastor of Crossroads Baptist Church
in Pensacola, Florida. In 1985 the church was recognized by President
Ronald Reagan for its unusual growth and influence.

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The
sentiments and statements of America's founders make it clear that this
nation has enjoyed a love and appreciation for the rights and freedoms
recognized in Natural Law that is unique in the annals of human history.
No other people have such a heritage.